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Although quite powerful in his time, the 16th century [#permalink]
08 Dec 2008, 08:42

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25%(00:00) wrong based on 16 sessions

Although quite powerful in his time, the 16th century Russian czar Ivan the Terrible seems to us as a remote and barely visible historical figure.

to us as a remote and barely visible historical figureto us to be as a remote and barely visible figure of historyto us a remote and barely visible figure of historyto us a remote and barely visible historical figureto us to be a remote and barely visible historical figure

Although quite powerful in his time, the 16th century Russian czar Ivan the Terrible seems to us as a remote and barely visible historical figure.

to us as a remote and barely visible historical figureto us to be as a remote and barely visible figure of historyto us a remote and barely visible figure of historyto us a remote and barely visible historical figureto us to be a remote and barely visible historical figure

I think C is the best

1. seem can be followed by as if, as though, but not "as", so A and B out2. in D and E, "visible" cannot modify "figure" (not sure ) _________________

My choice for 'seem' versus 'seem to be' is based on the context.For e.g., "Lakshmi seems a good girl" and "Lakshmi seems to be a good girl" both are correct. But then how do we decide which one to use? Answer is context.

If we know Lakshmi has done good things, we say she is a good gril (she seems good). But if we know that Lakshmi has done those good things with some hidden agenda, we say 'she seems to be good'.

In the first case, it is certain that she is good, whereas in the later it is not certain.

Few more examples:

"things far off seem to be small" "this post seems small"

Now applying this logic to our question: we know Ivan the Terrible is a powerful. With that he should be a strongly visible character in the history. But for some reason, historians did not talk about him which means his absence in the history is certain but not perceived. Hence there is no need to use 'to be' with 'seem'.

So, the correct answer is D.

Hope this is clear. _________________

--------------------------Aravind Chembeti

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Re: Although quite powerful in his time, the 16th century
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28 Feb 2012, 22:54